I used some great Italian cookies picked up at Surfas to make this nutty, big, pretty "brownie" with lots of almond flavor. It all comes together in the food processor while your oven preheats.

Thanks Holly for picking a great recipe! Check out Holly's fantastic blog, Phe/MOM/enon for the recipe. See other creations made by the hundreds of other Tuesdays with Dorie bakers!

Did you know it's National Library Week? All this week, I'm highlighting a library thing. Today, it's Downloadable Media. First, do you like audiobooks? Want to read and bake at the same time?! (Yes, listening to audiobooks is reading in my book). Well, audiobooks are the answer! Your public library might have audiobooks on CD or cassette...and the newest form is downloadable media. That's right, download audiobooks straight to your computer, and transfer them to an iPod or MP3 player. It's easy, free, and have no overdue fines because they just stop playing after the check out period. Two popular services include OverDrive and NetLibrary. Search the OverDrive's website to see if your library offers this fantastic service!

To celebrate Day 2 of National Library Week, I'm giving away the following to one lucky winner:a. Paper mini-loaf pans (package of 50)b. Handmade beaded bookmark (designed by my friend Sumi!)c. Disneyland book bag

Aren't these 4" x 2" paper loaf pans so adorable? You can make bite-size carrot, zucchini and a host of other breads - perfect for the holidays or a lovely hostess gift. Win a pack of 50 of these oven safe, paper mini-loaf containers (purchased at Surfas - if you come to Los Angeles, visit Surfas and Disneyland! :)

I made the Banana Cinnamon Chip Cake from Two Peas and Their Pod. Maria was recently on TV in Utah demonstrating the yumminess of this cake - watch it here! She's fantastic and the next Martha! And this cake has no oil or butter, and yet it is moist! Standing with the cake is the Librarian Action Figure. Read more about her on yesterday's post. (Southern Cal friends, I finally found Cinnamon Chips! I went to a big, nice Albertsons with a large baking aisle. They say you can make special requests at other Albertsons so you might want to give it a try!)

To enter the Day 2 Giveaway, simply leave a comment below (one entry per person) and I'll pick the winner from a hat. Deadline: Monday, April 20, 2009 at midnight PDT. If your comment isn't linked to a blog where I can find you, please leave your email or check back on Tuesday, April 21st to see if you won. Shipping to U.S. addresses only (sorry, I'm buying all this stuff myself and international postage is too expensive).

Also, check out yesterday's post to enter Day 1 Giveaway for mini-cake pans (yes, I DO have an unnatural obsession with mini stuff...but I'll go to therapy later), bookmark and bag. Deadline is also Monday, April 20, 2009! Thanks for visiting!

Oh YAY we seem to share a mini addiction too, in addition to baking! Love love love these beautiful loaf cases, & the torte is what dreams are made up of! fabulous! Count me in please as my sis is in the US & visitng me this summer!!

Your torte looks beautiful. The glaze is shiny and perfect and I love the one little cookie winking up from the top. I must find cinnamon chips one day -- there are so many tasty recipes that call for them.

First of all, I'm glad the bendable librarian emerged unscathed from the bundt cake...and could I just have another piece of torte as a prize?I am addicted to audiobooks, btw...it's hard to read a real book during my train ride (standing, hanging on for dear life) so I'm going to invest in an IPOD finally. Sadly our library just eliminated NetLibrary due to low usage and high costs. My timing is impeccable as always! Oh, and I have some cinnamom chips bought on impulse and languishing in the cupboard, so THANK YOU!

Whoa. Post overload. Torte. Library Week. Giveaway!(1) Your torte looks delicious.(2) How cool is download-able media? I love the library!(3) As much as the mini loaf pans and Mickey tote are adorable I'll just take the bookmark please and thanks. ;) I have a crazy obsession with bookmarks!Happy Library Week!Clara @ iheartfood4thought

I am looking for an idea for a cake I'd like to make for my neighbor. She is a librarian and brings my 2 year old 10 new books a week from the library. Maybe I'll wing it. But please enter my name in the drawing.

Thanks for the kind words! The cake looks great and I'm loving those mini pans!! We just found out about National Library Week this morning, during our weekly stop there. That cinnamon chip cake is definitely on my list of things to make!

Cinnamon chips? I didn't even know such a thing existed, but they sound delicious. :) As do the mini loaves themselves. :) I always seem to have way too many frozen, ripe bananas and thus am constantly looking for various ways to use them up besides baking banana nut bread (although I've discovered a new love for banana nut bread french toast).

Bananas...cinnamon...chocolat - sounds like a heaven to me :-) BTW I tottalu understand You with mini-everything fascination - I just can't pass by small cake pans and forms. I think tehre is no medication for that (but I don;t mind;-) moncoteau.blogspot.com malgorzata . minta [at] dziennik . pl

I can't wait to have ripe bananas on hand again!Yummy! And ain't nothing wrong with miniature.I love our local library. It allows both my son and me access to the internet and computers in general without us having to have one at home!

I love anything mini, so those mini loaf pans are adorable! I had to throw away my mini muffin tins because I burned them so badly! I can't seem to do the conversion from full-size to mini and I end up burning a lot of baked goods!

The banana cinnamon chip cake looks totally amazing, but you know where my heart's at...chocolate!! That torte, it's a show stopper! I'm sorry that it's taken me so long to get around to all of your posts. The law school semester is ending, and my free time has been minimal the past week. So glad I'm finally getting a chance to catch up with my google reader and all of your yummy posts! By the way, what kind of photography program do you use? Your pictures are always amazing--do you use actual backdrops or computer-generated ones?

I've never checked to see what sort of downloadable media my library has. I just appreciate that they have much faster and newer computers than mine that I can use on occasion. =) (I'll get a new one one of these days...)